Yep it is pretty insane eh kiterider, 12 pages and there is no end in sight, LOL's
Your Spain trip sounds fantastic, especially some of the views up the gorge!
Interesting to hear its 3 to 1 flat over C, some would like us to beleive otherwise but when all the majors have one this year, even the North one that came from denial in Egypt.
I've seen pics of tarifa it look too busy for me, but the spaniards seem to love a crowd.
Do people still kite in the Levate winds?
Cya and
Goodwinds
Steve McCormack
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Originally posted by kiterider
Just back from a month in Tarifa, Spain. Can't believe this thread is still rockin. Its hillarious.
Unbelievable wind in Tarifa. Its reputedly the windiest place in Europe. They have basically 2winds . East called Levate whick blows 30 to 45 kns and West called Poiente which blows 20 to 30 kns. Wind is non stop. No wonder stacks of dvd's are made there. You can kite all the time. Beach is 10ks and there are thousands of kites. We are such a small sport in OZ. We think 30 kites on the water is traffic jam time. Try kiting with 2000 of them, its kaos and no give way rules. The Spaniards think they own the place ( and they do ).
Plenty of good guys though. Women kiters are everywhere. Great lookers. Amazing to have half a dozen of them come scooting past, bouncing away. Plenty of topless kiters and saw my first nude kiter. 20 something girl got hammered and when she walked out of water all she had left was waist harness.I think she was Brazillian , if you get the drift. Bikini was floating down wind. They don't care though. She spent next 20 minutes fixing her equipment , butt naked. The Euro's loved it. Didn't mind the view myself.
Biggest kite I saw and used was a 9 crossbow. Mixed bag of kites there. Probably 3 flat kites to every c kite. Everyone talks flat kites.
I'm racking up some more bucks and going back asap.
kiterider